Blueprint

Andrew Ackerman

Managing Director, Urban Tech

Dreamit Ventures
Gary Beasley

CEO & Co-Founder

Roofstock
Sean Black

CEO & Co-Founder

BlackRE
Matt Boras

Senior Vice President

RXR
Alex Chatzieleftheriou

CEO & Co-Founder

Blueground
Vik Chawla

Partner

Fifth Wall
Erez Cohen

CEO & Co-Founder

Knock
Travis Connors

General Partner & Co-Founder

Building Ventures
Courtney Cooper

Principal

Alate Partners
Joseph Daniels

CEO & Founder

Etopia
Brad Dockser

CEO & Co-Founder

Green Generation
Alexey Dubov

COO & Co-Founder

Mighty Buildings
Dana Dunford

CEO

Hemlane
Franco Faraudo

Co-Founder

Propmodo
Andrew Flint

Co-Founder

Occupier
Gonzalo Galindo

Head

CEMEX Ventures
Thais Galli

Head of Innovation

Tishman Speyer
Rahul Gandhi

CEO & Co-Founder

Makespace
Dave Garland

Managing Partner

Second Century Ventures
Melanie Gersper

COO

Asia Capital Real Estate
Steve Glenn

CEO

Plant Prefab
Justin Goldman

CEO & Co-Founder

Renofi
Brad Hargreaves

CEO & Founder

Common
Scott Harmon

CEO & Co-Founder

Swivel
Alec Hartman

CEO & Co-Founder

Welcome Homes
Jamie Hodari

CEO & Co-Founder

Industrious
Merritt Hummer

Partner

Bain Capital Ventures
Katelyn Johnson

Managing Director

American Family Ventures
Jakob Jørgenson

Head of Technology

COBOD International
Jeevan Kalanithi

CEO

OpenSpace
Micah Kotch

Managing Director

URBAN-X
Rosanna Lawn

Global Brand & Strategic Partnerships Director

Etopia
Shragie Lichtenstein

CEO & Co-Founder

FLEX
Diana Lind

Author

"Brave New Home"
Andrew Luong

CEO & Co-Founder

Doorvest
Michael Mahan

Managing Director

Stanley Ventures
Moiz Malik

CEO

Nooklyn
Michael Mandel

CEO & Co-Founder

Compstak
Stefan Martinovic

VP, Data Partnerships

Placer
Cindy McLaughlin

CEO

Envelope
John Meadows

Co-CEO & Co-Founder

Bowery Valuation
Neda Navab

President - East Region

Compass
Alex Nicoll

Reporter

Business Insider
Alex Niehenke

Partner

Scale VP
Will O'Donnell

Managing Partner

Prologis Ventures
Clelia Peters

Venture Partner

Bain Capital Ventures
Lisa Picard

President & CEO

EQ Office
Momei Qu

Senior Vice President

PSP Growth
Brian Ringley

Construction Tech Manager

Boston Dynamics
Clinton Robinson

CEO

Lane
Rich Sarkis

Founder & Executive Chairman

Reonomy
Paraag Sarva

CEO & Co-Founder

Rhino
Zak Schwarzman

General Partner

Metaprop
Tyler Scriven

CEO & Co-Founder

Saltbox
James Segil

President & Co-Founder

Openpath
Hemant Shah

CEO & Co-Founder

Achipelago
Max Simkoff

CEO & Founder

Doma
Daniel Spiegel

VP & Managing Director

Coldwell Banker Commercial
Bill Staniford

CSO

Rentigo
Thomas Walle

CEO & Co-Founder

Unacast
Nima Wedlake

Principal

Thomvest
Greg West

CEO

ZOM Living

Andrew Ackerman

Managing Director, Urban Tech

Dreamit Ventures

Andrew is a recovering consultant turned serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and angel investor. He is the Managing Director of Dreamit Urbantech, investing in Proptech and Construction Tech. Andrew has written for Fortune, Forbes, Propmodo, CREtech, Builders Online, Architect Magazine, Multifamily Executive, AlleyWatch, Edsurge, The 74 Million, et. al. Andrew founded two companies and has a keen appreciation for how hard it is to build a successful startup, even under the best of circumstances.

Gary Beasley

CEO & Co-Founder

Roofstock

Gary is CEO of Roofstock, a leading real estate investment marketplace which he co-founded in 2015. Gary has spent most of his career building businesses in the real estate, hospitality and tech sectors. After earning his BA in economics from Northwestern, Gary ventured west to earn his MBA from Stanford, where he caught the entrepreneurial bug and still serves as a regular guest lecturer. Previously Gary was instrumental in acquiring and integrating more than $800 million of resort properties for KSL Resorts, and spent five years as CFO of online brokerage pioneer ZipRealty, which he led through its successful IPO in 2004. Gary also served as CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, then the second largest boutique hotel management company in the country. Immediately before starting Roofstock, Gary led one of the largest single-family rental platforms in the U.S. through its IPO as co-CEO of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, now part of Invitation Homes.

Alex Chatzieleftheriou

CEO & Co-Founder

Blueground

Alex Chatzielftheriou is a Greek entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Blueground — a real estate tech company founded in 2013. Blueground provides a network of fully-furnished, move-in ready apartments in 14 cities across the globe for stays of a month, a year, or longer. Having lived and worked in more than 15 cities around the world, Alex sought to provide business and leisure travelers with a hassle-free way to find places that feel like home — to show up and start living from day one. Along the way, Alex disrupted the traditional lease model, enabling flexible living to encourage travel and exploration of the world and its cultures while providing a place to feel "grounded" and call home.

Erez Cohen

CEO & Co-Founder

Knock

After 12 years in the cyber security red ocean, Erez transitioned into the multifamily real estate space where technology still feels like magic. Knock's mission is to automate the leasing process and to create a superior, fast, and cost-efficient experience for renters and owners alike.

Travis Connors

General Partner & Co-Founder

Building Ventures

Travis brings to Building Ventures a lifelong interest in design and architecture, a boundless optimism for the positive impact technology can have, and a passion for helping startups to launch and grow. At Building Ventures, Travis co-leads the Investment Committee. He currently manages the firm’s involvement with Smartvid.io, EnvoyThere and GoContractor as a member of the Board of Directors. In addition, he works closely with the teams at Blokable, Dandelion, Join Digital and Measurabl.

Courtney Cooper

Principal

Alate Partners

Courtney is a principal at Alate Partners, where she helps identify and scale promising real estate technology companies, provides market analysis and due diligence, and manages relationships with industry partners. She has spent nearly 10 years in real estate technology and operations. Prior to Alate, she led innovation and business transformation initiatives at Dream and Great-West Life. Courtney is a board observer at Lane, Branch, and Eden as well as the co-founder of Proptech Collective.

Joseph Daniels

CEO & Founder

Etopia

Joseph Daniels founded Project Etopia in 2015 at the age of 23 and is the CEO of Project Etopia Group. Motivated with a passion to make a difference his objective is to build the smart connected eco cities of the future that work towards solving the global housing crisis, whilst having a positive impact on climate change. He aims to do this by combining various energy, construction and intelligent technologies, through invention or collaboration, to build the highest performing buildings. His ambition was fueled by the lack of security he faced as a young man and continues to drive his motivation to create a better tomorrow. Joe has been recognized across various industries for his innovative approach to technology and real estate, most recently he received the accolade of Forbes 30 under 30 in the manufacturing and industry category, as well as a feature in the United Nations 75th anniversary book for his contribution to climate change.

Brad Dockser

CEO & Co-Founder

Green Generation

Brad Dockser is GreenGen’s CEO/Co-Founder. GreenGen transforms the world's built environment through visionary innovation and solutions by integrating energy, real estate, technology, and capital markets to Operate in the Green. Brad was Co-Founder/Managing Director for Starwood Capital Group’s international operations; Principal with MacFarlane Partners; and began his career at JMB Realty and CRI. Brad received an A.B. cum laude Economics and MBA from Harvard University. Brad serves on the global advisory board for ULI’s Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance. He is Chair of ULI’s Redevelopment and Reuse Product Council and was the founder of ULI’s Sustainability Initiative in DC.

Alexey Dubov

COO & Co-Founder

Mighty Buildings

Alexey Dubov is an accomplished innovator, entrepreneur, executive, and is chief operating officer, and co-founder at Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company creating beautiful, affordable, and sustainable homes using 3D printing, robotics, and automation.

Dana Dunford

CEO

Hemlane

Dana Dunford is the CEO of Hemlane, a technology-enabled property management platform. She is a strong advocate of purchasing properties anywhere, as the best investments are not typically in your backyard. She supports real estate investors in setting up the most intelligent process to manage rentals from a distance, while connecting them with local, licensed professionals. In 2018, Dana was named one of the top 20 women leaders in commercial real estate tech. Dana previously worked at Apple on their worldwide financial planning and analysis team and at Nest in business development. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Franco Faraudo

Co-Founder

Propmodo

Franco Faraudo has an MBA in entrepreneurship and has worked with companies on their branding and content strategy. He has worked in real estate as an agent, manager, and investor. He writes about the intersection between the physical and digital world and is a co-founder of Propmodo.

Andrew Flint

Co-Founder

Occupier

Andrew Flint is the Co-Founder of Occupier, a Real Estate Success platform for commercial tenants and tenant rep brokers. He has 10 years of experience in NYC commercial real estate and 9+ years at the forefront of commercial real estate technology. Andrew realized the need for modern technology in Commercial Real Estate, experiencing the inefficiencies of the industry firsthand while at JLL. In 2012 he joined VTS as the Head of Business Development after being an angel investor and first non-founder user of the platform.

Gonzalo Galindo

Head

CEMEX Ventures

Gonzalo Galindo has been in charge for the Innovation process and Head of Cemex Ventures, the Open Innovation and Venture Capital fund of Cemex since its inception almost four years ago. He has 20+ years of experience in Cemex in diverse areas like Business Development where he was responsible of acquiring and integrating assets in the Philippines, Taiwan, Egypt and the assets across all Europe. He also managed Cemex operations in the UK and USA East. Before Cemex, he spent a couple of years as Head of Planning at Frito Lay Mexico and spent 6 years as a consultant at Mckinsey and Co In Mexico, the US, Brazil and Australia.

Justin Goldman

CEO & Co-Founder

Renofi

Justin Goldman is the CoFounder & CEO of RenoFi, the world's first renovation lending platform empowering credit unions, banks & non-bank lenders to offer the best in class renovation financing solutions to their home owning customers.

Jamie Hodari

CEO & Co-Founder

Industrious

Jamie Hodari is the CEO and Co-founder of Industrious, the largest premium workplace provider in the U.S. Under his leadership, Industrious has grown to over 95 locations across more than 50 cities, achieving the best unit economics in the industry, and pioneering the evolution to landlord partnerships over traditional leases. Prior to Industrious, Jamie was CEO of Kepler, a hedge fund analyst at Birch Run Capital, a corporate lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, and a reporter for the Times of India.

Merritt Hummer

Partner

Bain Capital Ventures

Merritt joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2018. She focuses on growth equity investments in the fintech and proptech sectors. Merritt is involved in all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio company support. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Merritt was a growth equity investor at Goldman Sachs. Merritt began her career as a management consultant at Bain & Company in New York. Merritt is a CFA charterholder. Merritt graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in engineering, and from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.

Katelyn Johnson

Managing Director

American Family Ventures

Katelyn Johnson is Managing Director at American Family Ventures, where she focuses on early stage B2B enterprise solutions in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. She has provided mentorship to TechStars, Harvard Business School, MIT, and MassChallenge, and is Executive Director of the Horn Program VC Council at the University of Delaware. An engineer by training, Katelyn is a graduate of Harvard Business School.

Jakob Jørgenson

Head of Technology

COBOD International

Since 2013, Jakob has been working exclusively with 3D printing — and since 2015 with 3D printing in the construction sector. He was part of the team that built the first 3D-printed house in Europe, and now pushing the technology out to construction sites all over the world.

Micah Kotch

Managing Director

URBAN-X

Micah Kotch serves as the Managing Director for URBAN-X: the accelerator for startups reimagining city life built by MINI and Urban Us. URBAN-X provides critical early-stage support and resources for proptech innovators including Versatile Natures, Blueprint Power, Toggle, Avvir, and Sapient Industries. Micah previously served as the Director of NY Prize and Strategic Advisor for Innovation at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), where was responsible for the design and execution of the nation’s first community microgrid competition and worked to transform the electric utility business model and help commercialize new clean energy technology.

Rosanna Lawn

Global Brand & Strategic Partnerships Director

Etopia

Fascinated by people and the planet, Rosanna has a passion to educate others in sustainability whilst creating environments for positive disruption. Rosanna co-founded CREation Property Network, an award-winning, not-for-profit, organization focussed on inclusion for young professionals, and London Development Company, YOO Living, as well as being RICS accredited. Rosanna now merges her desire for change with industry awareness to drive the external Etopia message, aligning policy, brand and partnerships to bridge the non-market and market environments in a way that is interpretable for consumers.

Diana Lind

Author

"Brave New Home"

Diana Lind is a writer and urban policy specialist. Her book, BRAVE NEW HOME: OUR FUTURE IN SMARTER, SIMPLER, HAPPIER HOUSING was published in October 2020. Diana has worked at Architectural Record magazine, Next City, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently the Executive Director of the Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia and housing fellow at NewCities.

Andrew Luong

CEO & Co-Founder

Doorvest

Andrew Luong is CEO & Co-Founder of Doorvest, a venture-backed startup democratizing financial security for all. Andrew is also a real estate investor, Realtor, and mortgage loan officer. With a passion for all things technology and personal finance, Andrew created Doorvest to enable everyone to access to financial security through investing in the $3 trillion single-family rental market.

Michael Mahan

Managing Director

Stanley Ventures

As Managing Director at Stanley Ventures, Mike is responsible for identifying innovation that is strategically relevant to Stanley Black & Decker and its Global Tools & Storage business unit. He previously worked at startups in the Healthcare and Banking sectors for over 9 years prior to joining Stanley Ventures in 2016 upon its founding. Mike is based out of Atlanta, GA and his primary regional focus for Stanley Ventures is the Southeast and Midwest.

Moiz Malik

CEO

Nooklyn

Moiz has worked every job at Nooklyn. Starting as a Nooklyn customer, Moiz worked in engineering, design and finance. He was born in Pakistan and raised in New York City.

Cindy McLaughlin

CEO

Envelope

Cindy is CEO of Envelope, a real estate acquisitions analysis company that uses zoning- and AI-driven software to search for, visualize, and run scenarios on urban real estate development potential. Prior to Envelope, Cindy held CEO and President roles in a range of technology companies, from services-tech to prison-tech. Cindy has an MBA from MIT/Sloan, spent 2 years in Congo as a Water/Sanitation volunteer for the US Peace Corps. She currently serves on the Boards of the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

Neda Navab

President - East Region

Compass

The proud daughter of a real estate agent, Neda is focused on bringing Compass's mission to life across the Eastern United States. Prior to Compass Neda was the Director of Urban Systems at Sidewalk Labs, the division of Google focused on real estate development for smart cities. She also spent years in the Bay Area working at high-growth technology companies. Neda started her career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA in Economics from Columbia University.

Alex Nicoll

Reporter

Business Insider

Alex is a reporter at Insider writing about real estate, the built world, and how technology and material conditions are changing the buildings we spend our time in. He's written about this world since the summer of 2019, and previously studied at the Columbia School of Journalism.

Lisa Picard

President & CEO

EQ Office

Lisa Picard is President and Chief Executive Officer at EQ Office, where she leads culture, vision and strategy for the company. She is passionate about curating great spaces that maximize human potential, particularly in this age of rapid automation and technological advancements. As CEO, Lisa drives the strategic direction for the organization, inspires her team to find creative solutions that challenge pas assumptions, and helps customers identify new pathways for success.

Momei Qu

Senior Vice President

PSP Growth

Momei Qu is a Senior Vice President at PSP Growth, the growth equity arm of PSP Partners, and leads the organization’s proptech and construction tech investments. Prior to PSP, Momei spent over a decade in venture capital, most recently at Baird Capital where she focused on healthcare and technology investments. Momei began her career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. She has a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board of The Goldie Initiative and on the Leadership Board of CRETech.

Paraag Sarva

CEO & Co-Founder

Rhino

Paraag Sarva is the CEO & Co-Founder of Rhino and a builder of products and services that give renters a more affordable way to live in the homes they want. Since its founding in 2016, Rhino has made it a mission to replace cash security deposits with low-cost, affordable insurance. The product is now offered in over 1 million homes across the United States.

Tyler Scriven

CEO & Co-Founder

Saltbox

Tyler is the Founder & CEO of Saltbox, a venture-backed startup building co-warehousing workspace for the millions of entrepreneurs that operate in the world of physical commerce and need warehouse space but don’t want to surrender their expectations of modern flexibility, comfort, and convenience. Saltbox provides purpose-built, highly functional micro-warehousing facilities complemented by traditional co-working and community spaces that members can feel proud to call home. He also serves as Chairman of True Glory Brands, a leading e-commerce retailer of multicultural hair and beauty products.

James Segil

President & Co-Founder

Openpath

As the President of Openpath, James runs day-to-day operations across all business functions, corporate strategy, enterprise partnerships, and business development. A serial entrepreneur, James has built and sold three successful technology companies (EdgeCast Networks, KnowledgeBase and Virtualis) over the past 17 years. While at Edgecast, James helped to build the company’s global network to carry more than seven percent of global internet traffic. Prior to Edgecast, James built KnowledgeBase into a profitable, industry-leading company that was ranked by Forrester as the Industry Leader in eService. James received the E&Y's 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year award for the greater Los Angeles area, is an investor in and advisor to tech startups and VC/PE funds, and is active in various community and philanthropic organizations.

Hemant Shah

CEO & Co-Founder

Achipelago

Hemant Shah is Co-Founder and CEO of Archipelago, a data risk platform that uses AI to digitize risk for large property owners to increase resiliency and lower their cost of risk. Previously, he Co-Founded Risk Management Solutions (RMS) as a graduate student at Stanford University, and led RMS until 2018, building the market-leading risk modeling firm serving the global insurance industry. Hemant is passionate about risk and resiliency, and serves on the Board of the social venture Build Change.

Daniel Spiegel

VP & Managing Director

Coldwell Banker Commercial

Daniel Spiegel is the Managing Director of Coldwell Banker Commercial. He leads the CBC network of over 2,000 commercial real estate professionals in over 123 offices in North America and 37 countries around the world. Spiegel oversees the strategy, growth and daily operations of the Coldwell Banker Commercial network, one of the most recognized brands in the real estate industry. Dan previously served in leadership roles at two publicly traded real estate firms as EVP, Operations for Colliers International in the U.S. and in a similar role at Grubb & Ellis Company. Passionate about people and adaptation to change, Dan is active in the CRE technology community, writes on the topic of the intersection of technology and real estate.

Thomas Walle

CEO & Co-Founder

Unacast

Thomas is the CEO and Co-Founder of Unacast, a human mobility data company committed to understanding how people move around on the planet. Sophisticated and data-driven commercial real estate professionals, retailers, researchers, analysts, and data scientists use the Real World Graph®, the most accurate understanding of human activity in the physical world through foot traffic data, neighborhood insights and migration patterns.